Whew! Just in time for our next sojourn North of the Border, Apple has implemented the newly approved moose emoji.
It should be visible above if you’re running an operating system that supports Emoji 15.0.… [Read More]
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A new adventure will be beginning this April!
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Autumn
We’re in our final week here, and I’m getting all the feels about leaving. At some point, I hope to be able to figure out how to articulate some of these thoughts.… [Read More]
As Manon’s mentioned, we spent a couple of days poking around the Ottawa area.
Our experience of Ottawa-Gatineau was significantly different than our quotidian Montréal experience, in part because we rented a car.… [Read More]
Autumn’s here, but Rue-Sainte-Catherine is still busy, and there’s a lot going on in and around the village.
Here’s a few views in the neighborhood.
The Village in Late Summer (click to enlarge)
The weather took rapid turn into cooler temperatures. And in the parc, we’re seeing the first hints of changing colors. Even the streets are showing hints of autumn color…
Voici l’automne…
Quebecers are fiercely proud of local folks who have achieved fame and fortune. There are statues in the parks of notable artists, poets, and writers, and you’ll even see streets or parks or cafes named after some of them.… [Read More]
Last weekend, I wanted to explore Longueuil, so I took the Yellow Line under the river to the terminus.
The station is in the Université-de-Sherbrooke, so one emerges into a cluster of towers.… [Read More]
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Moon over Molson
“Look at the moon!” Manon said.
From our balcony, it was just rising in the south, over the former Molson brewery.
Click to enlargeManon has written here before about the -Phone Wars and Bill 96. It’s a complicated subject with a lot of historical, cultural, and emotional baggage. As an outsider, I mostly witness the controversy via stories I hear from other students in my Francisation class, and in discussions on the online Montréal Reddit groups.… [Read More]